It's almost 15 years since the original FFXI Recollection ( • FFXI Recollection ) was published by Cruia of the Leviathan server. 15 years... that's remarkable. To this day it is still the single most viewed video relating to Final Fantasy XI. You'd be hard done by to find a player, current or former, who has not seen it.
The original Recollection video was essentially a trailer for Final Fantasy XI featuring brief showcases of the jobs and snippets of the expansions released at the time of publication. This remake aims to emulate that but since there's a lot more of both in today's game this is substantially longer. The original Recollection was a lot faster paced and this was reflective of the time it was made. Cruia was making a tribute for a world in its hay-day while I am making one for a world which is now well and truly storied.
I may not do it justice here but I felt it needed to be done, if anything to show just how far Vana'Diel has come between 2005 and 2020. Just typing those dates now has made me realise how incredible it is that Final Fantasy XI is still going, and appreciate the players who remain and those who have come-and-gone all the more. A story is only as good as its cast after all.
Keep the lights shining bright everyone, and thank you to Square-Enix for continuing to give this community life.